Suspended police officers cost taxpayer £53 million in past five years

By Richard Edwards, Crime Correspondent Published: 7:00PM GMT 02 March 2010

A sum of 223 officers opposite the country"s military forces were dangling on full compensate at the begin of this year together with Ali Dizaei, the ashamed Scotland Yard commander in arch who was convicted of crime last month.

He warranted around �260,000 during the 4 years he was dangling available dual trials in the past decade.

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Another military military military officer has remained on "gardening leave" for five years.

Figures performed underneath the Freedom of Information Act showed that from Jan 1, a sum of 180 constables, on an normal income of �30,000, were dangling tentative disciplinary hearings or rapist trials. There were additionally 32 sergeants, five inspectors, dual arch inspectors, dual superintendents, one arch superintendent and Commander Dizaei, who was on a �90,000-a-year salary.

Matthew Elliot, of the Taxpayers Alliance, said: "It is hugely dear for cases to be authorised to draw towards on. It is unfair and costly. Taxpayers would good from a swifter, some-more fit system."

The Metropolitan Police, the countrys largest military force, had 32 officers suspended, followed by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (26), Kent (11), West Midlands (nine) and South Wales and Grampian, both with eight.

A orator for the Association of Chief Police Officers said: "We are stability to work on speeding up the examination routine when it comes to staff dangling on full pay."

Sir Paul Stephenson, the Scotland Yard commissioner, has called for a examination of disciplinary processes and demanded the right to sinecure and glow his own comparison officers.

Dizaei stays a military military military military officer whilst officials at the Metropolitan Police Authority go by central procedures to pouch him, notwithstanding the ashamed military military military officer carrying been locked up roughly a month ago for bungle and perverting justice.